If you think art and robotics have nothing in common, think again. Artificial intelligence is a tool for creative minds, and increasingly their competition. The digital revolution also provides art with plenty of fodder for critical reflection.

Adam’s parents are splitting up – which hits him like a bolt from the blue and drives him to an extreme act. In the end, he learns that his parents have kept a secret from him the whole time. This suspenseful coming-of-age story marks Natalie Buchholz's debut as a novelist.

At age 23, when his first novel was published by Diogenes in 2008, Benedict Wells was the youngest author of the renowned publishing house. This novel has since been made into a film and his next three books were also successes. Now Wells presents a collection of short stories that can be considered virtually classic.

For first time Literature Tandem brings writers from different cities of Germany to Hà Nội and Sài Gòn. In various events they will meet Vietnamese writers and exchange views on their different perspectives on literature and society.

Heiner Goebbels spent two weeks in Hanoi to conduct a dance & music camp for Vietnamese artists. He had selected participants from a pool of applicants, emphasizing a balanced relationship between men and women as well as dancers and musicians, and assembling a promising mix of mutually inspiring and open-minded individuals.